GUEST ARTISTS ARCHIVE
Each season, Iris offers its audiences the chance to hear the best soloists in the world, from stars with international reputations to the most talented rising newcomers. Many young soloists who appear with Iris at the beginning of their careers go on to win international acclaim, confirming what Iris audiences already know: these are the best of the best.
PIANO
- Emanuel Ax
- Inon Barnatan
- Jonathan Biss
- Yefim Bronfman
- Uri Caine
- Wendy Chen
- Angela Cheng
- Jeremy Denk
- Alon Goldstein
- Stanislav Ioudennitch
- Jeffrey Kahane
- Maya Kishuma
- Yoko Nozaki
- Garrick Ohlsson
- Jon Kimura Parker
- Peter Serkin
- Conrad Tao
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- Yuja Wang
- Andre Watts
- Orion Weiss
VIOLIN
- Korbinian Altenberger
- Adele Anthony
- Boris Belkin
- Joshua Bell
- Zachary DePue
- Vadim Gluzman
- Augustin Hadelich
- Carolyn Huebl
- Barnabas Kelemen
- Nicolas Kendall
- Jennifer Koh
- Jaime Laredo
- Cho-Liang Lin
- Stephen Miahky
- Midori
- Anne-Akiko Meyers
- Itzhak Perlman
- Sharon Roffman
- Miho Saegusa
- Gil Shaham
- Jonathan Swartz
- Kyoko Takezawa
- Elena Urioste
- Charles Wetherbee
- Nancy Zhou
- Itamar Zorman
- Pinchas Zukerman
VIOLA
- Roberto Diáz
CHANSONNIER & NARRATOR
- Jim Eikner
- Martin Short
CELLO
- Amanda Forsyth
- Lynn Harrell
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Amit Peled
- Sharon Robinson
- Jian Wang
- Felix Wang
BASS
- Edgar Meyer
- Ranaan Meyer
FLUTE
- Karen Busler
OBOE
- Winnie Lai
- Heather Taylor (English horn)
CLARINET
- Alexander Fiterstein
- Jerome Simas
- Richard Stoltzman
SAXOPHONE
- Branford Marsalis
HORN
- Eric Ruske
TRUMPET
- Ryan Anthony
- Alison Balsom
- Lou Hanzlik
- Jeff Kaye
HARP
- Elizabeth Hainen
ACCORDION
- Hanzhi Wang
PERCUSSION
- Bob Becker
- Bill Cahn
- Robin Engelman
- Ken Every
- Evelyn Glennie
- Jonathan Haas
- Russel Hartenberger
- Michael Karcz
- Tom Sherwood
- John Wyre
VOCALISTS
- Nathan Berg, baritone
- Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
- Julia Bullock, soprano
- Janice Chandler, soprano
- Jason Collins, tenor
- Alexandra Deshorties, soprano
- Michelle deYoung, mezzo-soprano
- Kallen Esperian, soprano
- Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
- Nathan Gunn, baritone
- Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
- Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
- Jennifer Root, mezzo soprano
- Dawn Upshaw, soprano
- Mary Wilson, soprano
GUITAR
- Jason Vieaux
PIPA
- Wu Man
ENSEMBLES
- Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo & Yo-Yo Ma
- Eighth Blackbird
- Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson
- Adele Anthony and Gil Shaham
- NEXUS, percussion ensemble
- Time for Three (Nicolas Kendall; Zachary DePue; and Ranaan Meyer)
- Tennessee Shakespeare Company